<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4FmU7O_0wD8Zef800" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4FmU7O_0wD8Zef800" width="1271" height="771" ></figure>The departure of Davante Adams from the Raiders has been a long time coming, and Sports Illustrated insider Hondo Carpenter said Adams’ frustrations go all the way back to his first season in Las Vegas. In recent weeks alone, Adams has been disingenuous with fans in national media appearances, and an ESPN report on Friday detailed the first signs of trouble between Adams and head coach Antonio Pierce in the offseason.“The first sign of trouble this year was when Adams skipped voluntary OTAs,” ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez and Rich Cimini reported. “Despite the Raiders installing a new offense under incoming offensive coordinator Luke Getsy (Adams had endorsed the hiring because they had worked together in Green Bay) and bringing in new quarterback Gardner Minshew. Adams posted a video on social media of him washing his car while his teammates were practicing.”Additionally, it sounds like Adams wasn’t happy the Raiders didn’t sign or draft the quarterback(s) he wanted in the offseason. “Pierce wanted Adams to be more of a vocal leader this season,” Gutierrez and Cimini continued. “Adams… believed he had a voice in personnel matters and was all-in on the Raiders trading up to draft a top-tier QB like Jayden Daniels, or acquiring a more accomplished veteran like Justin Fields. But when the Raiders settled on Minshew and a returning O’Connell, frustration grew for Adams, team sources said.”For weeks, Adams had been saying he was happy as a member of the Raiders and went on the attack in September against anyone spreading “clickbait” and “BS” otherwise. We know now that Adams wasn’t happy and hadn’t been happy for a long time. Adams acknowledged on the Up and Adams Show this week that leaving the Raiders was something that “had been on his heart for a while.” <blockquote>Kay Adams on X (formerly Twitter): “What happened with the Raiders?@UpAndAdamsShow pic.twitter.com/Dl6P2ry7eM / X”What happened with the Raiders?@UpAndAdamsShow pic.twitter.com/Dl6P2ry7eM</blockquote>x: @raidersbeat</div></body>

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ESPN Insiders Detail “First Sign of Trouble” Between Davante Adams and the Raiders

The departure of Davante Adams from the Raiders has been a long time coming, and Sports Illustrated insider Hondo Carpenter said Adams’ frustrations go all the way back to his first season in Las Vegas. In recent weeks alone, Adams has been disingenuous with fans in national media appearances,...